Question, ??? Since a samba DC's main purpose is simply user authentication, is there any kind of problem with having a 32bit DC managing things for a 64bit domain? I need to share files and printers on the domain I'm setting up, and I've read all the warnings about having a separate DC vs. file/print server. I know that people say you can use a virtual machine as a separate server and that's an option, but I also have an ancient 32bit laptop sitting unused in my storage room. I was wondering if it would work to just build a simple 32bit samba on there and use it as the DC. Any tips are appreciated. -- Dan Egli On my Test server -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OpenPGP_signature Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 495 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/attachments/20201022/4267db10/OpenPGP_signature.sig>
On 22/10/2020 19:42, Dan Egli via samba wrote:> Question, > > ??? Since a samba DC's main purpose is simply user authentication, is > there any kind of problem with having a 32bit DC managing things for a > 64bit domain? I need to share files and printers on the domain I'm > setting up, and I've read all the warnings about having a separate DC > vs. file/print server. I know that people say you can use a virtual > machine as a separate server and that's an option, but I also have an > ancient 32bit laptop sitting unused in my storage room. I was wondering > if it would work to just build a simple 32bit samba on there and use it > as the DC. > > Any tips are appreciated. >Probably, you can use an rpi running Raspbian (which is a 32bit OS) as a DC, but I wouldn't want to use it for a large domain. Try it, what have you got to lose, apart from your time ? Rowland
On 22/10/2020 20:33, Rowland penny via samba wrote:> On 22/10/2020 19:42, Dan Egli via samba wrote: >> Question, >> >> ???? Since a samba DC's main purpose is simply user authentication, is >> there any kind of problem with having a 32bit DC managing things for a >> 64bit domain? I need to share files and printers on the domain I'm >> setting up, and I've read all the warnings about having a separate DC >> vs. file/print server. I know that people say you can use a virtual >> machine as a separate server and that's an option, but I also have an >> ancient 32bit laptop sitting unused in my storage room. I was wondering >> if it would work to just build a simple 32bit samba on there and use it >> as the DC. >> >> Any tips are appreciated. >> > Probably, you can use an rpi running Raspbian (which is a 32bit OS) as > a DC, but I wouldn't want to use it for a large domain. Try it, what > have you got to lose, apart from your time ? > > Rowland > > >I have a DreamPlug running Devuan (32bit) which acts as an AD DC, and a DNS server and a DHCP server, without problem so your laptop should easily cope. -- Michael Howard